GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| frigid | intensely cold |